Allie Blake's Blog: I Moved to Okinawa!

Hey Everyone!

Sorry for the lack of posts the last few weeks. I moved to Okinawa, Japan! It has been a total whirlwind. I booked my ticket on October 10th and left October 15th. So I only had about five days to get packed and ready and say goodbye to the few people that I could.

My husband booked us an apartment on Airbnb for the first few weeks that is so adorable! The only downside is that is doesn't have wireless internet. So that put a halt to posting as well. The next place that we are staying does have wireless internet, so hopefully I will be able to start posting more regularly.

Okinawa is so beautiful! I am absolutely in love with it here

First day together in almost six month! FINALLY :)

This is so tasty! Not as sweet as the pumpkin spice latte in America.

The first day we went to the Nago Pineapple Park. Kind of a tourist trap, but it was super fun! It takes you on an automated golf cart that takes you to see growing pineapples, bromeliads, spathiphyllum and anthuriums.

After you get off the golf cart, you walk down a long corridor and its samples galore. There are all different types of samples, pineapple wine, fruit juices, pineapple pound cake, pineapple cookies, fresh pineapple. Lastly, there is an area that sells the usual touristy stuff, like t-shirts and more boxed foods.

There are so many orchids here, everywhere! Which I think is crazy, because growing orchids in Michigan isn't that easy. I think the climate here is just perfect for growing them.

This is the view from our apartment, not anything special but I love it! You can see the ocean!

This is a beach on my husbands base, Camp Schwab.

We found a secret beach by our apartment that I think is soo pretty!!

(excuse my hair, it was windy!)

This is a sushi-go-round. Basically you sit at a booth and there's a conveyor belt with all different types of sushi on it that you can grab. The best part is that each plate is only 95 yen (which is 80 cents American)